Back from the USA! Have I missed much?

Simon,
Sorry to hear you are not going mate - I'll have a couple of beers for you.

Before I forget - I'm going to be at Newport Pagnell services on the M1 at 7am to get to Hilton services on the M6 where I will follow a bunch of bikes to a field in Yorkshire.

And before anyone says it - yes, I have remembered to put tent poles in.

Before the war on terror, if I saw an unattended package I used to think "I'll be having that!"